Life Science Job Trends in Devon

Life Sciences
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	72	46	-
Rank change year-on-year	-26	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Life Science	2	2	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon	0.17%	0.45%	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.66%	1.34%	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£63,750	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£71,250	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South West median annual salary	£67,500	£96,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-29.69%	+92.00%	+5.82%

All Generic Skills
Devon

Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Devon.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	303	149	155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon	25.38%	33.63%	24.60%
Number of salaries quoted	211	92	78
10^th Percentile	£27,375	£26,000	£30,275
25^th Percentile	£31,875	£30,500	£35,550
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,000	£40,000	£44,246
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-9.60%	+4.11%
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£49,688	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£70,000	£67,825	£70,000
South West median annual salary	£50,500	£42,750	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+18.13%	-14.50%	-9.09%

Life Science Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Life Science Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Life Science.

Life Science Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Devon region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Torquay	-	2	£67,500	-	1
Life Science South West

Life Science Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing Life Science also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Devon region citing Life Science.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Collaborative Engineering	100.0%	2
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Master's Degree	100.0%	2
1	Mentoring	100.0%	2
1	Performance Optimisation	100.0%	2
1	PhD	100.0%	2
1	Physics	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2
1	Project Delivery	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	2
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	2
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	2
1	Validation	100.0%	2
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	2
1	Zemax	100.0%	2

Life Science Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Optoelectronics	100.0%	2